9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Things looked very bad with Jerusalem in the Zeph. 3:1-7; she has got into a very bad name, and seems to be incorrigible, incurable, mercy-proof and judgment-proof. Now one would think it should follow, Therefore expect no other but that she should be utterly abandoned and rejected as reprobate silver ; since they will not be wrought upon by prophets or providences, let them be made a desolation a…
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